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xWorld Rulers ~ Heads of States ~ Regenten der Welt
Könige Präsident ~ Prime Minister
. Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna
e Irlanda del Nord
. United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
Ministero della Difesa
Secretaries of State for War 1794/1801
Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies 1801/1854
Secretaries of State for War 1854/1964
Ministers of Defence and Army 1964/1967
Ministers of Defence 1940/1964
Secretary of State for Defence dal 1964
War Office
Masters-General of the Ordnance dal 1693
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Admiralty
Lord High Admirals of England, 1413/1628
Lords High Admirals and First Lords of the Admiralty of England, 1628/1708
Lords High Admirals of Great Britain, 1708/1709
First Lords of the Admiralty of Great Britain, 1709/1801
First Lords of the Admiralty of the United Kingdom, 1801/1964
Lord High Admiral dal 1964
Ministers of Defence for the Royal Navy 1964/1967
Royal Navy
Ammiragli della Flotta dal 1795/1827
Primi Lord del Mare dal 1828
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Air
Chairman of the Joint War Air Committee 1916
President of the Air Board 1916/1917
President of the Air Council 1917/1919
Secretaries of State for Air 1919/1964
Ministers of Defence for the Royal Air Force 1964/1967
Chiefs of Air Staff dal 1918
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Army
Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces 1674/1904
Chief of General Staff 1904/1908
Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff 1908/1964
Chiefs of the General Staff dal 1964
Chiefs of the Defence Staff dal 1956
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Ministri della Difesa
(dal 1964 aviazione, marina e d esercito riuniti nel Segretariato alla Difesa)
Secretaries of State for War 1794/1801
Henry Dundas | July 11, 1794 | March 17, 1801 |
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Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies 1801/1854
Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart | March 17, 1801 | May 12, 1804 |
John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden | May 14, 1804 | July 10, 1805 |
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | July 10, 1805 | February 5, 1806 |
William Windham | February 5, 1806 | March 25, 1807 |
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | March 25, 1807 | November 1, 1809 |
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | November 1, 1809 | June 11, 1812 |
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst | June 11, 1812 | April 30, 1827 |
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich | April 30, 1827 | September 3, 1827 |
William Huskisson | September 3, 1827 | May 30, 1828 |
Sir George Murray | May 30, 1828 | November 22, 1830 |
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich | November 22, 1830 | April 3, 1833 |
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley | April 3, 1833 | June 5, 1834 |
Thomas Spring Rice | June 5, 1834 | November 14, 1834 |
The Duke of Wellington served as a Secretary of State pro tem | November 15, 1834 | December 15, 1834 |
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | December 20, 1834 | April 8, 1835 |
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg | April 18, 1835 | February 20, 1839 |
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby | February 20, 1839 | August 30, 1839 |
Lord John Russell | August 30, 1839 | August 30, 1841 |
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley | September 3, 1841 | December 23, 1845 |
William Ewart Gladstone | December 23, 1845 | June 27, 1846 |
Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey | July 6, 1846 | February 21, 1852 |
Sir John Pakington | February 27, 1852 | December 17, 1852 |
Henry Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle | December 28, 1852 | June 10, 1854 |
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Secretaries of State for War 1854/1964
Henry Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyme | June 12, 1854 | January 30, 1855 |
Fox Maule, 2nd Baron Panmure | February 8, 1855 | February 21, 1858 |
Jonathan Peel | February 26, 1858 | June 11, 1859 |
Sidney Herbert | June 18, 1859 | July 22, 1861 |
Sir George Cornewall Lewis | July 23, 1861 | April 13, 1863 |
George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey | April 28, 1863 | February 16, 1866 |
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington | February 16, 1866 | June 26, 1866 |
Jonathan Peel | July 6, 1866 | March 8, 1867 |
Sir John Pakington | March 8, 1867 | December 1, 1868 |
Edward Cardwell | December 9, 1868 | February 17, 1874 |
Gathorne Hardy | February 21, 1874 | April 2, 1878 |
Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley | April 2, 1878 | April 21, 1880 |
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers | April 28, 1880 | December 16, 1882 |
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington | December 16, 1882 | June 9, 1885 |
William Henry Smith | June 24, 1885 | January 21, 1886 |
Gathorne Gathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook | January 21, 1886 | February 6, 1886 |
February 6, 1886 | July 20, 1886 | |
William Henry Smith | August 3, 1886 | January 14, 1887 |
Edward Stanhope | January 14, 1887 | August 11, 1892 |
August 18, 1892 | June 21, 1895 | |
Henry Charles Keith P. Fitzmaurice, 5th Marq. of Lansdowne | Jul 4, 1895 | Nov 12, 1900 |
William St John Brodrick | November 12, 1900 | October 6, 1903 |
Hugh Oakeley Arnold Forster | October 6, 1903 | December 4, 1905 |
Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane | Dec 10, 1905 | June 12, 1912 |
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone | June 12, 1912 | March 30, 1914 |
March 30, 1914 | August 5, 1914 | |
Aug 5, 1914 | July 5, 1916 | |
July 6, 1916 | December 5, 1916 | |
December 10, 1916 | April 18, 1918 | |
April 18, 1918 | January 10, 1919 | |
January 10, 1919 | February 13, 1921 | |
Sir Laming Worthington Evans | February 13, 1921 | October 19, 1922 |
October 24, 1922 | January 22, 1924 | |
Stephen Walsh | January 22, 1924 | November 3, 1924 |
Sir Laming Worthington Evans | November 6, 1924 | June 4, 1929 |
Thomas Shaw | June 7, 1929 | August 24, 1931 |
Robert Crewe Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe | August 25, 1931 | November 5, 1931 |
Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham | November 5, 1931 | June 7, 1935 |
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax | June 7, 1935 | November 22, 1935 |
November 22, 1935 | May 28, 1937 | |
May 28, 1937 | January 5, 1940 | |
January 5, 1940 | May 11, 1940 | |
Anthony Eden | May 11, 1940 | December 22, 1940 |
David Margesson | December 22, 1940 | February 22, 1942 |
Sir P.James Grigg | February 22, 1942 | July 26, 1945 |
Jack Lawson | August 3, 1945 | October 4, 1946 |
Frederick Bellenger | October 4, 1946 | October 7, 1947 |
October 7, 1947 | February 28, 1950 | |
John Strachey | February 28, 1950 | October 26, 1951 |
Anthony Head, 1st Viscount Head | October 31, 1951 | October 18, 1956 |
John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham | October 18, 1956 | January 6, 1958 |
Christopher Soames | January 6, 1958 | July 27, 1960 |
July 27, 1960 | June 5, 1963 | |
Joseph Godber | June 27, 1963 | October 21, 1963 |
James Ramsden | October 21, 1963 | April 1, 1964 |
Ministers of Defence and Army 1964/1967
1 Apr 1964 | Oct 1964 | James Ramsden |
Oct 1964 | Dec 1965 | Frederick Mulley |
Dec 1965 | 6 Jan 1967 | Gerald Reynolds |
Ministers of Defence 1940/1964
11 May 1940 | 26 Jul 1945 | Winston Churchill |
26 Jul 1945 | 21 Dec 1946 | Clement Attlee |
21 Dec 1946 | 1950 | Albert Victor Alexander |
1950 | 1951 | Emanuel Shinwell |
1951 | 1952 | Winston Churchill |
1952 | 1954 | Harold Alexander, Earl Alexander of Tunis |
Oct 1954 | Apr 1955 | Harold Macmillan |
Apr 1955 | Dec 1955 | Selwyn Lloyd |
Dec 1955 | 1956 | Walter Turner Monckton |
1956 | 14 Jan 1957 | Anthony Henry Head |
14 Jan 1957 | 1959 | Duncan Sandys |
1959 | 1962 | Harold Arthur Watkinson |
1962 | 1 Apr 1964 | Peter Thorneycroft |
| unito al Ministero Difesa | 6/1/1967 |
Masters-General of the Ordnance dal 1693
1693 | 1702 | Henry Sydney, Viscount Sydney (dal 1694 Henry Sydney, Earl of Romney) |
1702 | 1711 | John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough |
1711 | 1712 | Richard Savage, Earl Rivers |
1712 |
| James Douglas, Duke of Hamilton |
1712 | 1714 | carica carica vacantee |
1714 | 1722 | John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough |
1722 | 1725 | William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan |
1725 | 1740 | John Campbell, Duke of Argyll |
1740 | 1742 | John Montagu, Duke of Montagu |
1742 |
| John Campbell, Duke of Argyll |
1742 | 1749 | John Montagu, Duke of Montagu |
1749 | 1755 | carica vacante |
1755 | 1758 | Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough |
1758 | 1759 | carica vacante |
1759 | 1763 | John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier |
1763 | 1770 | John Manners, Marquess of Granby |
1770 | 1772 | carica vacante |
1772 | 1782 | George Townshend, Viscount Townshend |
1782 | 1783 | Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Lennox |
1783 | 1784 | George Townshend, Viscount Townshend |
1784 | 1795 | Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Lennox |
1795 | 1801 | Charles Cornwallis, Marquess Cornwallis |
1801 | 1806 | John Pitt, Earl of Chatham |
1806 | 1807 | Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of Moira |
1807 | 1810 | John Pitt, Earl of Chatham |
1810 | 1818 | Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave (dal 1812 Henry Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave) |
1818 | 1827 | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington |
1827 | 1828 | Henry William Paget, Marquess of Anglesey |
1828 | 1830 | William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford |
1830 | 1834 | Sir James Kempt |
1834 | 1835 | Sir George Murray |
1835 | 1841 | Sir Richard Hussey Vivian |
1841 | 1846 | Sir George Murray |
1846 | 1852 | Henry William Paget, Marquess of Anglesey |
1852 |
| Henry Hardinge, Viscount Hardinge |
1852 | 1855 | Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, Baron Raglan |
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2 portarei leggere equipaggiate con aerei a decollo verticale ed elicotteri,
1 portaelicotteri;
8 cacciatorpediniere;
17 fregate;
9 sottomarini nucleari;
4 sottomarini armati con missili nucleati;
Numeroso naviglio minore
Aviazione di marina: 300 aerei
Cronologia
Lord High Admirals of England 1413/1628
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter | 1413 | 1426 |
John, Duke of Bedford | 1426 | 1435 |
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter | 1435 | 1447 |
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk | 1447 | 1450 |
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter | 1450 | 1461 |
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent | 1462 | |
ichard, Duke of Gloucester | 1462 | 1470 |
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick | 1470 | 1471 |
Richard, Duke of Gloucester | 1471 | 1483 |
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk | 1483 | 1485 |
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford | 1485 | 1513 |
Sir Edward Howard | 1513 | |
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey | 1513 | 1525 |
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond | 1525 | 1536 |
William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton | 1536 | 1540 |
John Russell, 1st Lord Russell | 1540 | 1542 |
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford | 1542 | 1543 |
John Dudley, Viscount Lisle | 1543 | 1547 |
Thomas Seymour, 1st Lord Seymour of Sudeley | 1547 | 1549 |
John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick | 1549 | 1550 |
Edward Clinton, 9th Lord Clinton | 1550 | 1554 |
William Howard, 1st Lord Howard of Effingham | 1554 | 1558 |
Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln | 1558 | 1585 |
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham | 1585 | 1619 |
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham | 1619 | 1628 |
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Lords High Admirals and First Lords of the Admiralty of England, 1628/1708
Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland | 1628 | 1635 |
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey | 1635 | 1636 |
William Juxon, Bishop of Lincoln | 1636 | 1638 |
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland | 1638 | 1643 |
Francis Cottington, 1st Lord Cottington | 1643 | 1646 |
carica vacante | 1646 | 1660 |
James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany | 1660 | 1673 |
King Charles II | 1673 | |
Prince Rupert of the Palatinate, 1st Duke of Cumberland | 1673 | 1679 |
Sir Henry Capell | 1679 | 1681 |
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham | 1681 | 1684 |
King Charles II | 1684 | 1685 |
King James II | 1685 | 1688 |
King William III | 1689 | |
Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington | 1689 | 1690 |
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke | 1690 | 1692 |
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Lord Cornwallis of Eye | 1692 | 1693 |
Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland | 1693 | 1694 |
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford | 1694 | 1699 |
John Egerton, Earl of Bridgwater | 31 May 1699 | 19 Mar 1701 |
Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Montgomery (Lord High Admiral) | 4 Apr 1701 | 20 May 1702 |
Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland (Lord High Admiral) | 20 May 1702 | 28 Oct 1708 |
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Lords High Admirals of Great Britain 1708/1709
28 Oct 1708 | 29 Nov 1708 | Queen Anne (f) (Lord High Admiral) |
29 Nov 1708 | 8 Nov 1709 | Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Montgomery (Lord High Admiral) |
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First Lords of the Admiralty of Great Britain 1709/1801
8 Nov 1709 | 4 Oct 1710 | Edward Russell, Earl of Orford |
4 Oct 1710 | 30 Sep 1712 | Sir John Leake |
30 Sep 1712 | 14 Oct 1714 | Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford |
14 Oct 1714 | 16 Apr 1717 | Edward Russell, Earl of Orford |
16 Apr 1717 | 29 Jul 1727 | James Berkeley, Earl of Berkeley |
29 Jul 1727 | 17 Jan 1733 | George Byng, Viscount Torrington |
25 Jan 1733 | 19 Mar 1742 | Sir Charles Wager |
19 Mar 1742 | 27 Dec 1744 | Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham |
27 Dec 1744 | 20 Feb 1748 | John Russell, Duke of Bedford |
20 Feb 1748 | 22 Jun 1751 | John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich |
22 Jun 1751 | 19 Nov 1756 | George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton |
19 Nov 1756 | 6 Apr 1757 | Richard Grenville, Earl Temple |
6 Apr 1757 | 2 Jul 1757 | Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham |
2 Jul 1757 | 6 Jun 1762 | George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton |
19 Jun 1762 | 1 Jan 1763 | George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax |
1 Jan 1763 | 23 Apr 1763 | George Grenville |
23 Apr 1763 | 10 Sep 1763 | John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich |
10 Sep 1763 | 10 Sep 1766 | John Perceval, Earl of Egmont |
10 Sep 1766 | 10 Dec 1766 | Sir Charles Saunders |
10 Dec 1766 | 12 Jan 1771 | Sir Edward Hawke |
12 Jan 1771 | 30 Mar 1782 | John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich |
30 Mar 1782 | 28 Jan 1783 | Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel |
28 Jan 1783 | 8 Apr 1783 | Richard Howe, Viscount Howe |
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